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Local rules jointly adopted by the 90th Judicial District Court, the Stephens County Court and the Justice of the Peace Court for Stephens County, imposing bond conditions on criminal defendants under Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 17.40 — no drug use with random testing, and school or work.
Applies to criminal defendants on bond before the 90th District Court, the County Court, and the Justice of the Peace Court of Stephens County. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
DISTRICT COURT and COUNTY COURT and JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 90th Judicial District for Stephens County Stephens County Court, Texas Justice of the Peace Court for Stephens County LOCAL RULES PERTAINING TO DEFENDANTS ON BOND The following rules pertaining to defendants on bond are hereby adopted by the Courts for the 90th Judicial District of Texas, the Stephens County Court and the Justice of the Peace Court for Stephens County, Texas as evidenced by the signatures of the Judges below: Pursuant to Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 17.40, the below signatory courts find that certain conditions related to the safety of the victim of the alleged offense and/or the safety of the community will secure the defendant's attendance at trial and/or are required by law. DO NOT USE DRUGS. Do not use, possess or consume marijuana, substances with THC, any controlled substance, narcotic, or dangerous drug unless prescribed lawfully by a physician in the manner prescribed. The defendant will be subjected to random drug testing to verify compliance with this Local Rule. Failure to comply with this Local Rule will result in the defendant's bond being held insufficient and increased along with a warrant for the defendant's arrest and detention to be issued. ATTEND SCHOOL OR WORK. Attend school regularly or obtain and maintain suitable employment. All defendants must provide proof of employment during every court appearance. If defendants are not employed, they shall submit to employment service assistance through Workforce Solutions of West Central Texas—located at 400 Oak Street, Abilene, Texas 79602, (325) 795-4200. Defendants must provide proof of service enrollment and active job seeking during every court appearance. CARE FOR YOUR MENTAL HEALTH: In addition to the above Local Rules, if it has been determined that a defendant has possible mental health issues that need to be addressed, that defendant SHALL, at the ORDER of the Court, submit to a mental health evaluation. In order to effectuate this ORDER, 1. The defendant must make an appointment with the local Mental Health facility. Betty Hardwick: 1612 Walker Street #200, Breckenridge, Texas 76424 (254) 522-3490. 2. Follow all treatment recommended. 3. Take all medications prescribed. 4. Participate in all recommended treatment programs. 5. Attend any counseling. 6. If prescribed, remain in any group home or facility. If the defendant fails to participate or fulfill their obligations under this Mental Health Local Rule the defendant SHALL BE subject to further supervision of this court including, but not limited to, commitment to jail or inpatient health care facilities. Defendants must provide proof of service enrollment and participation in recommended treatments, prescribed medications, treatment programs, counseling, group home residence during every court appearance. THIS LOCAL RULE DOES NOT LIMIT OR SUPERSEDE STATUTORY MENTAL HEALTH RELATED RELIEF ALREADY IN EXISTENCE OR TO BE PROMULGATED. These Local Rules are effective immediately and shall continue in full force and effect until modified by order of the below signatory Courts. If a defendant violates any one condition of these Local Rules that defendant's bond may be forfeited, revoked, or increased, and the defendant may be subject to confinement. Additionally, the defendant may be punished for contempt of court by a fine of $100.00 or by confinement in jail for as long as three days or both. ADOPTED ON THIS THE 1st DAY OF March, 2024. [signature] Phillip C. Gregory, District Judge, 90th Judicial District [signature] Michael Roach, Stephens County Court [signature] Steve Spoon, Justice of the Peace
DISTRICT COURT and COUNTY COURT and JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 90th Judicial District for Stephens County Stephens County Court, Texas Justice of the Peace Court for Stephens County LOCAL RULES PERTAINING TO DEFENDANTS ON BOND The following rules pertaining to defendants on bond are hereby adopted by the Courts for the 90th Judicial District of Texas, the Stephens County Court and the Justice of the Pea
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the TOPICs custody scan (read via the vision lane). Jointly adopted by the 90th District Court, the Stephens County Court and the Stephens Justice of the Peace Court; scoped division_family (court-less) as a county-wide criminal-bond rule. [TRANSCRIBED BY EYE 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P12): every page of the registered file (sha256 abf8d401b072..., 3 page(s), image-only scan; the OCR layer used as a typing base and corrected word by word from the page) read against the rendered file; verbatim, source typos kept, stamps/signatures bracketed; the earlier abstract replaced by the full instrument; confidence high. benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p12-2026-09-21]
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.